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Long-term Debt
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt

Note 9  Long-term debt

A summary of long-term debt is as follows:

 

     2013      2012  

Revolving credit agreement, due 2017

   $ 254,000       $ 262,450   

Senior notes, due 2017-2025

     200,000         200,000   

Euro loan, due 2016

     129,058           

Private shelf facility, due 2012-2020

     63,889         69,445   

Senior note, due 2013

             50,000   

Development loans, due 2011-2026

     1,702         1,814   

Other

     341           
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     648,990         583,709   

Less current maturities

     10,832         55,668   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term maturities

   $ 638,158       $ 528,041   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Revolving credit agreement — This $500,000 unsecured multi-currency revolving credit agreement is with a group of banks and expires in December 2016. Payment of quarterly commitment fees is required. The weighted average interest rate for borrowings under this agreement was 1.06 percent at October 31, 2013.

Senior notes, due 2017-2025 —These fixed-rate notes entered into in 2012 with a group of insurance companies had an original weighted-average life of 8.78 years at the time of issuance. The weighted-average interest rate at October 31, 2013 was 2.93 percent.

Euro loan, due 2016 — This loan was entered into in 2013 with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. It can be extended by one year at the end of the third and fourth anniversaries. The interest rate is variable based upon the EUR LIBOR rate. The interest rate at October 31, 2013 was 0.99 percent.

 

Private shelf facility — In 2011, we entered into a $150,000 three-year Private Shelf Note agreement with New York Life Investment Management LLC (NYLIM). The amount of the facility was increased to $175,000 in 2013. Borrowings under the agreement may be up to 12 years, with an average life of up to 10 years, and are unsecured. The interest rate on each borrowing can be fixed or floating and is based upon the market rate at the borrowing date. At October 31, 2013, the amount outstanding under this facility was at a fixed rate of 2.21 percent per annum.

Senior note, due 2013 — This note had a fixed interest rate of 4.98 percent and was repaid as scheduled in 2013.

Development loans, due 2011-2026 — These fixed-rate loans with the State of Ohio and Cuyahoga County, Ohio were issued in 2011 in connection with the construction of our corporate headquarters building and are payable in monthly installments over 15 years beginning in 2011. The interest rate on the State of Ohio loan is 3.00 percent, and the interest rate on the Cuyahoga County loan is 3.50 percent.

Annual maturities — The annual maturities of long-term debt for the five years subsequent to October 31, 2013, are as follows: $10,832 in 2014; $10,757 in 2015; $139,822 in 2016; and $292,095 in 2017 and $26,587 in 2018.